ABC Organic Gardener Magazine

Herbs such as basil are the backbone of our summer kitchen garden.

Build your garden

Grow fresh herbs with our FREE guide

Herbs are relatively easy to grow, will save lots of money and don’t take up much space – get growing today!

Egyptian walking onion bulbils with white flowers.

Vegetables

Do you know your onions?

Penny Woodward says that now is a good time to know your 'other' onions.

In This Issue

Get your garden growing this spring with fresh ideas from ABC Organic Gardener!

Get your garden growing with fresh ideas from ABC Organic Gardener! We look at soil health, success with tomatoes, vegies to last and more!

Students at John Colet primary school showing off vegies grown in their garden.

What's happening

National Kitchen Garden Awards 2025: winners announced

The nine winners of the National Kitchen Garden Awards 2025 have been announced, recognising the tremendous creativity of kitchen gardens in schools and early childhood services of all sizes – and the joy gardening can bring to everyone at all ages.

Leafy greens including rocket and mizuna.

Build your garden

Crops you can start in late winter

It’s still cold outside for many, but you can start some of your favourite crops in late winter so that when the warmer weather arrives you are ready to go.

Two chooks eating seeds scattered n their henhouse.

Build your garden

Jessamy Miller’s special warming mash recipe for chooks

Try this recipe for warming chook mash from our chook expert. It will help keep your chooks happy and healthy.

Basics

Building your own raised beds

There are many ways we can save money within our gardens, here Jian Liu shares her tips for making your own raised beds using locally sourced ‘waste’ products.

What to plant

How to grow wombok

Add this Asian green to your patch for a fresh addition to stir-fries, salads and soups. You'll also have the main ingredient to make kimchi.

Wondering what to plant when? Use our guide to create your own planting calendar based on your climate zone. Plus, tips to get you started.

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What to plant

Cabbage white butterfly

Denis Crawford looks at the scourge of brassica plants – cabbage white butterfly – and has some tips for dealing with them.

What to plant

Add mulberry foliage and fruit to your garden

Ever wanted a mulberry tree but not sure you had the space? A smaller variety could be the solution.

Greener living

A seed of an idea

A small project to start a street seed library in a Tassie town is expanding throughout the state’s north.

The newly discovered Rhododendron astrophorum.

What's happening

New Rhododendron species found

A botanist at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, has unveiled a new species of plant, Rhododendron astrophorum.

Cabbages come into their own when preserved or fermented.

Preserving & fermented

Fermenting cabbage

Cabbages are wonderful raw or cooked, but they really come into their own when fermented and preserved.

Growing in pots

Native plants for indoors

There’s a stack of Australian native plants from rainforest areas that are naturally suited to low light, so are perfect for growing indoors, writes Karen Sutherland.